Posts Tagged ‘Langham Preaching’
Staff Spotlight: Mercy Ireri
Meet Langham Preaching‘s East Africa coordinator Mercy Ireri, from Kenya. How did Jesus find you? “Mercy, you are old enough now to tell us your testimony,” Dad said to me one Saturday evening. I was 12 years of age. I stared at him, blankly. Deep within my heart, I knew I had never had a…
Read MorePreaching Clubs for teens in Romania
Teenagers often have a bad reputation as rebellious, disrespectful, lazy members of society – but that’s not the case for a group in Romania! Last year, seven Langham Preaching Clubs for 15 to 25-year-olds began across the country, and these young adults each deliver talks once a month at youth meetings, prayer meetings and in…
Read More‘Historic moment’ for Eritrean believers
Last week, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea officially ended an 18-year long ‘state of war’ between the two countries. Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a declaration during a landmark meeting in Eritrea’s capital Asmara. A peace deal in 2000 had ended a war in which tens of thousands…
Read More‘God is in control of His work’ – Langham Preaching in Sierra Leone
Chris Jonah, Langham Preaching’s country coordinator in Sierra Leone, reported on a successful ‘refresher’ event there in May. This country has only recently recovered from the devastating Ebola epidemic, which stopped some of the Preaching Clubs that had been running in various places. But now, many of the groups have revived, and the work is…
Read MoreStaff Profile – Dahlia Fraser
As a child growing up in Jamaica, reading was Dahlia Fraser’s favourite pastime. Early mornings and after school she could often be found tucked away somewhere with a book. With her mom a teacher and her dad a pastor, books were readily available and she devoured all the usual children literature. In her home, Sunday…
Read MoreLangham Preaching celebrates 15 years in Argentina
Around 100 people gathered in Córdoba, Argentina in April, for an “enriching” time celebrating 15 years of Langham Preaching in the country. Former Langham Preaching Director Jonathan Lamb and his wife Margaret were special guests at the event, which was led by Igor Améstegui (Director, Latin America) and Wilfredo Weigandt (Country Coordinator). Theologian René Padilla joined the celebrations…
Read MoreLangham Preaching established and raring to go in Hungary
Sometimes the best things take a long time to happen – that’s the case with Langham Preaching in Hungary. After a slow process over eleven years, a movement there is now well established and “raring to go”. A Level 2 preaching training seminar took place in March, which according to Mark Meynell, Preaching Director (Europe…
Read MoreChris Wright’s Word on the World: ‘Though the earth give way’
I read in the New York Times some weeks ago that there are increasing numbers of young couples getting married with the intention of not having children. And their decision is not a selfish one, to spare themselves the enormous task and cost of parenting, but in many cases a sad and joyless one. The reason they…
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